河南省鹤壁市淇滨高级中学2017-2018学年高二下学期第二次周考英语试题

淇滨高中2017——2018学年下学期高二年级英语4月周考试卷第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。AIpassedalltheothercourses（课程）thatItookatmyuniversity,butIcouldhaveneverpassedbotany（植物学）.Thiswasbecauseallbotanystudentshadtospendseveralhoursaweekinalaboratory（实验室）lookingthroughamicroscope（显微镜）atplantcells,andIcouldneveronceseeacellthroughamicroscope.Thisusedtomakemyprofessorangry.Hewouldwanderaround（徘徊）thelaboratorypleasedwiththeprogressallthestudentsweremakingindrawingthestructure（结构）offlowercells,untilhecametome.Iwouldjustbestandingthere.“Ican’tseeanything,”Iwouldsay.Hewouldbeginpatientlyenough,explaininghowanybodycanseethroughamicroscope,buthewouldalwaysendupangrily,claimingthatIcouldseethroughamicroscopebutjustpretended（假装）thatIcouldn’t.“Ittakesawayfrom（减损）thebeautyofflowersanyway.”Iusedtotellhim.“Wearenotconcernedwithbeautyinthiscourse,”hewouldsay.“Weareconcernedwiththestructureofflowers.”“Well,”I’dsay.“Ican’tseeanything.”“Tryitjustonceagain,”he’dsay,andIwouldputmyeyetothemicroscopeandseenothingatall,exceptnowandagain（时而）somethingunclearandmilky（混浊不清的）.“Youweresupposedto（应该）seeaclear,movingplantcellsshapedlikeclocks.”“Iseewhatlookslikealotofmilk.”Iwouldtellhim.This,heclaimed,wastheresultofmynothavingadjustedthemicroscopeproperly,sohewouldreadjustitforme,orrather,forhimself.AndIwouldlookagainandseemilk.Ifailedtopassbotanythatyear,andhadtowaitayearandtryagain,orIcouldn’tgraduate.Thenexttermthesameprofessorwaseagertoexplaincellstructureagaintohisclasses.“Well,”hesaidtome,happily,“we’regoingtoseecellsthistime,aren’twe?”“Yes,sir,”Isaid.Studentstotherightofmeandtotheleftofmeandinfrontofmewereseeingcells;what’smore,theywere.Ofcourse,Ididn’tseeanything.SotheprofessorandItriedwitheveryadjustment（调整）ofthemicroscopeknowntoman.WithonlyoncedidIseeanythingbutblacknessorthefamiliarmilk,andthattimeIsaw,tomypleasureandamazement,somethinglikestars.TheseIhurriedlydrew.Theprofessor,noting（注意到）myactivity,cametome,asmileonhislips（嘴唇）andhiseyebrows（眉毛）highinhope.Helookedatmycelldrawing.“What’sthat?”heasked.“That’swhatIsaw,”Isaid.“Youdidn’t,youdidn’t,youdidn’t!”hescreamed（尖叫）,losingcontrolofhimselfimmediately,andhebentover（弯腰）andlookedintothemicroscope.Heraisedhisheadsuddenly.“That’syoureye!”heshouted.“You’veadjustedthemicroscopesothatitreflects（反射）!You’vedrawnyoureye!Youwerealwaysnotabletoadjustthemicroscopeproperly!”21.Whycouldn’tthewriterseetheflowercellsthroughthemicroscope?.A.Becausehehadpooreyesight.B.Becausethemicroscopedidn’tworkproperly.C.Becausehewasnotabletoadjustthemicroscopeproperly.D.Becausehewasjustplayingjokesonhisprofessorbypretendingnottohaveseenit.22.Whatdoesthewritermeanby“hiseyebrowshighinhope”inthelastparagraph?A.Hisprofessorhopedhecouldperformhistaskwithattention（认真地）.B.Hisprofessorexpectedhimtohaveseenthecellsanddrawnthepictureofthem.C.Hisprofessorwishedhimtolearnhowtodrawpictures.D.Hisprofessorlookedforwardtoseeingallhisstudentsfinishtheirdrawings.23.Whatisthethinglikestarsthatthewritersawinthelastparagraph?A.Hisowneye. B.Realstars.C.Somethingunknown. D.Milk.24.Inwhatwritingstyledidthewriterwritethepassage?A.Realistic（现实的）. B.Romantic（浪漫的）. C.Serious（严肃的）. D.Humorous.BBelowisahousingguideforstudentsgoingtoLondon.Universityacmodation(住所)officesManyuniversityacmodationofficeshavetheirownlistofregistered（注册的）landlords.Othersalsoprovideinformationonacmodationagencies（代理）andotherhousingorganization.Theadvantageofusingyouruniversityacmodationisthatyoucangetsupportifyouhaveaproblem.Thedisadvantage（缺点）isthattheyareunlikelytohaveenoughregisteredlandlordstohousealltheirstudents.Propertypapers（财产文件）:LootandRentingLootisanimportantsource（来源）ofinformationaboutprivate（个人的）housingforcorenters.Theoffers（报价）arefromprivatelandlords,agenciesandindividualslookingforothercorenters.Theyalsohaveawebsite:.TheadvantageofusingLootisthattherearesomeexcellentbargains.Thedisadvantageisthatthereisnoquality（有质量的）controlovertheoffers.Rentingisanotherusefulpaper.Theoffersinthispaperaremainlyfromacmodationagencies.Theirwebsiteisatrenting.co.uk.AcmodationagenciesThemajority（多数）ofrentedacmodationinLondonisprobablyadvertised（宣传）throughacmodationagencies.Theadvantageofusingacmodationagenciesisthatyouwillhavealargenumberofacmodationstochoosefrom.Agoodagentwilllistentoyourrequirements（要求）andcansaveyoutimeinlookingfortherightacmodation.Thedisadvantageisthattheywillmakearangeof（一系列）charges（收费）topotentialrenters.Noticeboards（布告牌）Aroundtheuniversitiesyouwillfindanumberofnoticeboardswhereoffersofacmodationwillbeposted（张贴）.Thesewilleitherbefromlandlordsorfromstudents.Someuniversitieswillalsohaveonlinenoticeboardswherestudentscanadvertise（做广告）tootherstudents.Advertisementsfromstudentscanbeanexcellentwaytofindacmodation.However,advertisementsfromlandlordscanbeproblematic（成问题的）.Wordofmouth（口头传述的）SomeofthebesthousinginLondonisneveradvertisedbutispassedon（传递）fromonegroupofstudentstoanotherbywordofmouth.Itmightbethatyoucanfindoutaboutgoodoffersfromfinalyearstudents（毕业班同学）.However,DON’Tsuppose（想当然）thatjustbecauseyouhavefoundout（找到）abouthousingfromafriend,itisnecessarilygoingtobebetterthanthatfoundthroughanyothersource.FamilyFacedwiththeveryhighrentschargedinLondon,somestudentsandtheirparentswillconsiderbuyingasanalternative（替代）.Insomecasesthismightbeagoodchoice.25.WhatistheadvantageofusingLoot?A.IthasmoreoffersfromacmodationagenciesthanRenting.B.Itgivesyoupersonalinformationaboutothercorenters.C.Theirwebsiteisdesignedmainlyforstudents.D.Therearesomegoodbargains.26.Agoodagentcanhelpyou_____.A.knowmorepeopleB.findcheapacmodationC.gettherightacmodationquicklyD.getfreeinformationaboutmostacmodations27.Theinformationpassedonbywordofmouthisimportantbecause_____.A.itisbetterthanthatfoundthroughanyothersourceB.ithelpsyoufindsomeofthebesthousingneveradvertisedC.thefinalyearstudentsalwaysofferbetterinformationD.thelandlordshavelittlevaluableinformationCTheunquestioned(无疑问的)roleofastudentistolearnasmuchaspossiblethroughwhatevermeans(方式）ittakestoacquire（获得）knowledge.Teachersandprofessorsarehumanbeingsandarethereforenotperfect.Nooneknowsthecorrectanswertoeveryquestionevenwhenyoulimit（限制）thequestionstoacertain（领域）fieldofstudy.Havingcertainskepticism(质疑)aboutwhattheyarebeingtaughtcanhelpstudentstomaketheteachersevenbetterbycorrectingmistakesandmisinformation（错误信息）.Studentscertainlyhaveahugeroleintheirownabilitiestolearn.Teachersshouldactmoreasguides（指路人）alongthewayratherthantrytoforce（强迫）eachstudenttolearn.Thebestteachersintheworldcannotteachanunmotivated（没有动机的）student.Iftheteacher,forwhateverreason,cannotmotivate（激励）thestudent,thenthestudentmustsomehow（不管怎样）findawaytomotivatehimselforherself.Onemethodofdoingthisisbybeinganactiveratherthanapassive（消极的）student.Themorethestudentinvolves（参与）himselforherselfintheactofstudying,thebetterheorshecanlearn.Oneofthebestwaystobeemoreactiveissimplytoasktheteacherorprofessorquestions.Studentswhopassively（被动地）sitinaclassroomandtakeeverythingthattheteachersaysforgranted（认为......是理所当然的）arenotfullyusingtheirmentalcapacities（能力）tolearn.Bettereducationesfromteacherswhoareabletogettheirstudentstothinkaboutasubject（科目）ratherthanmerelyabsorb（吸收）acertainamountofinformation.Havingahealthyskepticismcanimproveastudent’sabilitytoboththinkandabsorbknowledgeinalearningsituation.Teachersarehumanbeingsandnooneispletely（完全地）rightallofthetime,eveninaclassroomsituation.Perhapsateacherwouldsimplyunconsciously（无意识地）saythewrongwordorpassonsomemisinformationthattheteachertrulybelievedwascorrect.Astudent’squestioncouldprevent（阻止）anentireclassmatesfrombeingconfusedormisinformed（误导）.Thereisofcourseafinebalance（平衡）betweenastudenthavingahealthyskepticismandjustbeingadownright（完全的）skeptic（怀疑者）.Butwiththeproperattitudetowardlearningandalittleskepticism,boththestudentsandteacherscanimproveuponthelearningprocessandmaximize（最大化）learningefficiency（效率）.28.Whichofthefollowingistheauthor’smainargument（论点）? A.Passivelearningresultsfrompassiveteachinginclass. B.Ahealthyskepticismandproperattitudecontributeto（有助于）effectivelearning. C.Ahealthyskepticismfullydependsonstudents’motivationandability. D.Astudent’sabilityplaysahugeroleinthelearningprocess.29.Beingpassivelearners,thestudents. A.uselotsoftheirmentalabilitywhilestudying B.asktheirteachersquestionsasmanyaspossible C.canhardlytelltherightfromthewronginclass D.seldominvolvethemselvespletelyinlearning30.Accordingtothepassage,agoodteachershould. A.helptheunmotivatedstudentsimpatientlyB.Instruct（指导）studentsinthelearningprocess C.makenomistakesintheteachingprocessD.answerallthequestionsraisedbystudents31.Theauthorwillmostprobablyagreethat. A.keepingskepticismtoacertaindegree（到达某种程度）isimportant B.havingapassiveattitudecanensurethelearningprocess C.takingeverythingforgrantedmakesastudentlearnsomething D.ateacher’sabilitycannotbeimprovedbyencouragingdoubtDBenefitsofCrossCountrySkiing（越野滑雪）Crosscountryskiingcanbeenjoyedbyawiderangeof（范围广泛的）students,fromtheyoungestkindergartners（幼儿园小孩）tothosesecondarystudents.Itisreallyafunactivity,providingstudentsagentleworkoutoutsideinwinter.Whilehavingfun,studentscangainphysicalandmentalbenefits.Thephysical（身体的）benefitsofcrosscountryskiingarewellknown.IfwelookatOlympiccrosscountryskiers,wecanseethepositive（积极的）effectsonthebodythatresultfrom（由于）trainingforcrosscountryskiing.Theaverage（平均）bestfemalecrosscountryskiercarries11percentbodyfat（体脂）,andbestmaleskierscarry5percent.Thesepercentages（比例）arewellbelowtheaverageforpeoplewhoareconsideredtobeathletic17percentforfemalesand10percentformales.Thehighnumberofcaloriesburnedwhileskiinghelpstokeepskiersslim（苗条的）inahealthyandattractiveway.Crosscountryskiingisalsoanefficient（高效的）waytoexercisealargenumberofmusclesatonce.Becauseskiersuseskipoles（杆）asameansofpropulsion（推进）,theforcethatdrives（驱动）skiersforward,theupperbodygetsmuchmoreofworkout.Ofcourse,thelegmusclesalsodotheirfairshare（公平分配）.Peoplewhousecrosscountryskiingasaworkoutoverseveralweekswilldiscoverthatthemusclesoftheirentirebodyincreaseinstrength.Crosscountryskiingonaregularbasishasatremendous（极大的）effectonaperson’scardiovascular（心血管的）system.Inadditiontogainingstrengthinthemusclesoftheupperandlowerbody,peoplewhousecrosscountryskiingasaworkoutmethodoverseveralweekswillalsodiscoverthattheirheartisstronger.Astrongheartpumps（跳动）moreefficiently,sendingoutmorebloodtothemuscleswitheachcontraction(收缩).Throughweeksofskiing,peopleoftendiscoverthattheirresting（静止的）heartratehasdecreased（降低）.HighlytrainedOlympiccrosscountryskiershaverestingheartratesbetween28and40beatsperminute.parethattotherestingheartrateoftheaverageperson,whichis60to80beatsperminute!Thebenefitsofcrosscountryskiingextend（延伸）beyondoverall（全部的）generalhealth.Italsohasmentalbenefits.Alotofevidenceexistsindicating（表明）thatregularphysicalactivityincreasestherelease（释放）ofmoodliftingendorphin(内啡肽)inthebody.Afteroneoftheenergeticandfunskiinglessons,studentswillbesmilingandlaughing;theywillberelaxedandinabettermoodthanwhentheystartedclass.Studentswillleaveclasswithasenseofacplishment（成就感）,knowingthattheyhavedevelopednewskillsinafunactivity.Crosscountryskiingisagreatwaytowork（锻炼）thetotalbody.Nowmoreandmorestudentsaretakingpartinthisexerciseoutsideduringthewintermonths.Theyareenjoyingitandbenefitingfromit!32.Theunderlinedword“workout”means_______.A.manner B.opportunity C.application D.exercise33.Accordingtothepassage,wecanlearnthatcrosscountryskiing______.A.canbalanceout（相抵）theskiers’increasedcaloriesB.requirestheuseofmostmusclegroupsC.canincreasetheathletes’restingheartratesD.offersstudentsaonlywaytokeepfit34.Howdoestheauthorprovethebenefitsofskiinginthefifthparagraph?A.Bygivingexplanations（解释）. B.Bygivingdata.C.Bymakingparisons（作比较）. D.Bygivingments.35.Whichofthefollowingshowsthedevelopmentofideasinthepassage?ABCDCP:Centralpoint（中心要点）P:PointSp:Subpoint(次要点)C:Conclusion第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Foroveronehundredandfiftyyears,Americansofallsocialclasses（社会阶层））havewornbluejeans.___36___Whethertheyarewornforworkorforfashiontoday,Strauss'inventioncontinuestobepopularnotonlyamongAmericansbutalsoamongpeoplearoundtheworld.LeviStrausswasborninGermanyin1829.___37___HegrewupinKentuckybeforemovingtoNewYorkin1847.BeforebeinganAmericancitizenandmovingtotheWestin1853,Straussworkedinhisbrother'sdrygoodsbusiness（绸布行业）.Thisgavehimachancetoproducehisfamousinvention.Afterthegoldrush（淘金热）of1949,StraussdecidedtomovetotheWesttoseekhisfortunes.Straussdidnotwanttobeapersonwhosearchedanareaforminerals（矿物）.Instead,heknewhecouldmakeagoodlivingbysellingsupplies（日用品）totheminers（矿工）.Atfirst,heplannedtosellsewingsupplies（缝纫用品）andcloth.___38___Whenheheardminersplainingthattheirclotheswereeasilybrokenortheyusuallytore（撕扯）theirpocketsduringmining,hedecidedtouseaspecialfabric（纺织物）tomakepantsfortheminers.Thesepantsprovedsopopularthathequicklyranoutofmaterialstomakemore.In1873,StraussreceivedaletterfromaJewishtailornamedJacobDaviswhohadinventedaprocessofconnectingpocketswithcopperrivets(铆钉).Thismadethepantslastalongtime.BecauseDavisdidnothavethemoneytopatent（申请专利）hisidea,heofferedtoshareitwithStraussifStrausswouldagreetopayforthepatent.___39___.BythetimeStraussdiedin1902,hehadmadeagreatcontributiontoAmericanfashion.__40__ThebusinesshasbeengrowingeversinceandLeviStrauss'panyisnowoneofthelargestclothingpaniesintheworld.A.HedidandLevijeanshavebeenmadewithmetalrivetseversince.B.Nobodyknewwhatkindofmaterialwassuitable.C.Asayoungboy,hemovedwithhisfamilytotheUnitedStates.D.However,hedidnotgetmuchbusinessforthoseproducts.E.SincetheywereinventedbyLeviStrauss,theyhavebeeasymbol（象征）ofAmericanconsumerculture.F.HealsomadeagreatcontributiontoAmerica'sclothingindustry.G.Asthebusinessgrew,Straussgotmuchmoneyfromit.第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）第一节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AFaithfulFatherMyhusbandkissedmegoodbye,kissed（轻拍）thebaby’scheekandthenrushedoutofthedoor,intohisbusyday.Withthecoldofthemorningfading,Ifedmybabyanditfellfastasleep.UsuallyIwouldplaceitinbedandquicklyhavethehousesomewhatin41.However,thismorning,Istayedseated,just42,withthebabyinmyarms.Thethoughtsraninto43ofthemorningswithmyhusband,afatherrushingoutofthedoortomeettheobligations（责任）oflife.Itwasonlyasmalljumptothoughtsofmyown44.MymotherpassedawaywhenIwasten,andasIlooked45,Icouldseehowmuchofafamilymanmydadwas.Hewenttoworkeverymorningand46tohisfamilyeveryevening.He47food,clothing,warmth,andprotection.Hewasafaithfulfather.Settingthebabydown,Idialedthe48number.Ihadjustrealizedthe49oftheordinary－thedailylifegoingonaroundusthatweoftentookforgranted,andthatitneededtobe50.“Hi,Dad.”Isaid,51backtears.“Hey,Bud.Howareyou?”52wasinhisvoice.“Fine,I’mjustcallingtosay…thankyou.”Igotitoutbeforemythroat53toomuchformetospeak.“Whatfor?”“Forgettingupandgoingtoworkeverymorningofmylife.NowthatIhavemyown54andIseemyhusbanddoingthesame,Ijustwantedtothankyouforbeing55.”Therewas56foramomentasmydadposed（使平静）himself,andwithasmall57inhisvoicehesaid,“You’rewele,Bud.Idon’tremembermuchoftherestofthecall,58thatmomentofrevelation(显露)aboutmyfather,Iwillneverforget.Therearethosewhoareknownfortheirheroic59,andalsothosewhoareknownfortheirfortunesandfame,butitisthe60everydayfatherswhoarethetrueheroes.I’mthankfulthatmyfatherwasoneofthem.41.A.use B.line C.order D.fashion42.A.thinking B.dreaming C.imagining D.praying43.A.conversations B.struggles C.incidents D.memories44.A.baby B.husband C.mother D.father45.A.out B.away C.back D.around46.A.moved B.returned C.escaped D.walked47.A.provided B.collected C.sought D.bought48.A.popular B.relative C.regular D.familiar49.A.difference B.significance C.balance D.absence50.A.recognized B.arranged C.reduced D.achieved51.A.sending B.pushing C.holding D.putting52.A.Sympathy B.Stress C.Doubt D.Concern53.A.cleared B.hurt C.ached D.tightened54.A.child B.duty C.life D.career55.A.inspiring B.faithful C.considerate D.admirable56.A.peace B.calm C.silence D.rest57.A.tremble B.hesitation C.passion D.sigh58.A.and B.but C.or D.nor59.A.ideas B.deeds C.remarks D.words60.A.outstanding B.patient C.ordinary D.honest第II卷注意事项：用0.5毫米黑色笔迹的签字笔将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。Televisionhasincreasedallthespeed61whichnewstravelsanditcanbringsituationsandimagesintoourhomesthatpreviousgenerationswouldnothavehadtheopportunitytowitness.Howdoestelevisionaffectourlives?Itcanbe62(help)tothosewhocarefullychoosetheprogramsthattheywatchandharmfultothosewhowatchittoomuch.InChina,manypeopleworrythatkidsandyoungpeople63(watch)toomuchtelevisionthesedays.64surveyof300youngstersinShanghailastyearshowedthat,ontheaverage,theyspenthalfoftheirfreetime,65istwoandahalfhours,watchingtelevisionandtwothirdsofanhour66(read)stories.Thestudentswhowatchedmanyhoursofentertainmentprogramshad67(low)testscoresthanthosewhowatchedfewerhoursofsuchprograms.Anothersurveyofschoolage68（child）inWuhanfoundthathalfofthemsaidtheyreadverylittle.DuringtheLondonOlympicGames,tensofmillionsofChineseviewersstayeduplatetowatchtheopeningceremonyandotherprograms.Andtelevisionis69(quick)takingtheplaceof70(print)materialasthemajorsourceofnewsformostChinese.第四部分写作（共两节；满分35分）第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号()，并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用(＼)划掉。修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。DearMr.Black,We’reverygladlytohavereceivedyourmoneyandsomereadingmaterials.Thankyouverymuch.Wehadbeenstudyinghardsincewecamebacktoschool.Underthehelpofourteachersandclassmates,wehavemadegreatprogressonourstudies.Soweoftenprai